Central American and West Indian Archaeology - Being an Introduction to Archaeology of States of Nicaragua, Costa

Klappentext Published in 1916, this highly illustrated textbook summarises Central American and West Indian archaeology for non-specialists and future investigators. Zusammenfassung The British anthropologist and archaeologist Thomas Athol Joyce (1878–1942) made American archaeology more accessible to the general reader. This well-illustrated textbook, first published in 1916, examines archaeological remains from modern-day Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and the West Indies to reveal aspects of their early cultures and societies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Southern Central America: Introduction; 1. Nicaragua and N.E. Costa Rica; 2. Nicaragua and N.E. Costa Rica (cont.); 3. Nicaragua and N.E. Costa Rica (cont.); 4. Central Costa Rica; 5. Southern Costa Rica and Panama; 6. Southern Costa Rica and Panama (cont.); 7. Southern Costa Rica and Panama (cont.); Part II. The West Indies: Introduction; 8. The West Indies: government, marriage and war; 9. The West Indies: religion; 10. The West Indies: amusements, burial, food and habitations; 11. The West Indies: dress and manufactures; Appendix; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Athol Joyce, Joyce Thomas Athol
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2013
• EAN: 9781108063753
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06375-3
• No. of pages: 350
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, West Indies, Central America, Mexico and Central America